Susan Reimers @ 2010-03-22
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$21.95 |
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In this book, Sara Miles relates the very provocative idea of "being" Jesus and feeding the hungry, healing the sick, forgiving the wrongdoers and raising the dead. It reminds me of the old saying, "It's not that Christianity doesn't work, it's that it's never been tried." Sara Miles deserves props for very publicly asking the question and relating her story which is fundamentally of a former athiest who becomes born again and enthusiastically starts a food pantry in the name of Jesus. True, other Christians have founded food pantries, but what makes this one different is that it is THIS author's story. She shares the questions she's had about what Christianity looks like, and she shares what she thinks the answers are. It is another thread in that 2000-year-long discussion. The book itself is structured nicely, however the chapter on "Forgiving" is noticeably short, evidence perhaps of the continuing discussion the author is still having with herself. Some of the theology is shakey. And in the chapter "Raising the Dead," there is a political diatribe that feels like the author went down another rabbit hole. So I would recommend that people read it for its story, but not look to it for theological authority.